Pick-up sticks

When the kids were little, they loved to play pick-up sticks on the dining room floor. Piles of twisted colored sticks created giggles and moans as they tried to reach the lone black stick without disturbing the others. The game taught the kids how to plan, focus and wait for the right time to win the game. Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Click for More

Late summer adventures

County fair week has come and gone, leaving behind a lifetime of memories. Monday, August 16, 2010 Click for More

County fair season

You know it is county fair season without looking at the calendar. The temperatures soar above 90 degrees with high humidity. Monday, July 26, 2010 Click for More

Tails and T-Shirts

I can always tell when the hot sticky days of summer are approaching. It is not by watching the mercury in the thermometer creep closer toward excellent scores. It is not by the fact that everyone sighs with relief as they sit down in the house at the end of the day. It is by watching tails and t-shirts. Click for More

Cleaning up

I don't know which is worse. Cleaning up little kids or cleaning up big cows? Monday, June 28, 2010 Click for More

Making memories

Do you know that a New York mafia family and a Minnesota dairy farm family have several common threads? Monday, June 14, 2010 Click for More